Four More Days
The big day is almost here, I'm getting really excited about this trip. We're landing in Venice on the morning of the 18th, we'll be there for 3 days, then we head to Lerici for 6 days, then finally to Florence for 4 days. Aside from Venice and Florence, other cities we plan to hit include Pisa, Lucca and Siena. And, as Lerici is so close to Cinque Terre, we will definitely spend one, maybe two, full days in that area.
In order to help us navigate our way around Italy, I picked up a TomTom 130S. BTW, Costco has this unit on sale right now for $179.
I used it around town and was quite pleased with how it performed. The only issue is that the standard configuration didn't have enough room for the US/Canada map and the Italy map, so I had to remove the US/Canada map for now. As you can see, the unit is very small and easy to carry around. It comes with a mount that you can attach to your windshield. Or, remove the mount attachment and it fits nicely in your pocket, great for walking around town. But, the really cool thing is that Google Maps lets you push waypoints directly down to your device.
Makes it a piece of cake to plan your entire route and add all your POIs along the way. FYI, I'll be uploading photos as often as I can considering I'll be spending most of my time out and about. But, if you're interested, here is a link to the Picasa album to which I will be posting my pictures.